Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson is one of America's foremost political figures. Over the past three decades he has played a major role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. Jackson has been called the "conscience of the nation" and "the great unifier." He is the best-known living American leader in the United States. Jesse Louis Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South …showed first 75 words of 476 total…

…showed last 75 words of 476 total…the first to bring hostages out of Kuwait and Iraq in 1990. In 1990, Jackson was elected the U.S. Senator of Washington, D.C., a position also known as "Statehood Shadow Senator" since the District of Columbia has no voting representatives in Congress. From humble beginnings came Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, somebody known by the nation and the world as a civil rights leader. His influence has lasted over several decades and is still felt today.